A suspect is dead after firing shots at Tampa police officers during a standoff this afternoon. ...more

September 24, 2009

Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday in an explosion of rage triggered by the police shooting of a teenager that has unleashed the most violent riots in a quarter century. ...more

December 10, 2008

An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison. ...more

August 29, 2008

Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival. ...more

January 4, 2008

Kenya's president threatened a tough crackdown Monday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest what they called his sham re-election, a bloody convulsion threatening what has been East Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy. ...more

January 1, 2008

When a Pasco County deputy first spotted him Thursday night in the south parking lot at Community Hospital, the 54-year-old man was sitting on the pavement, a handgun pressed to his chin. ...more

December 29, 2007

Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing number of attacks by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. ...more

December 18, 2007

Police clashed violently with supporters of the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday after she announced that her party would carry out a mass demonstration Friday and a protest march next week if the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, refuses to end emergency rule. ...more

November 8, 2007

Pakistani police fired tear gas and clubbed lawyers protesting Monday against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule. Lawyers climbed on top of one court building and threw stones and branches at police. Judges and independent TV stations also were targeted. Western diplomats and Pakistani analysts say his attempts to hold on to power run the risk of placing his own political future above the nation's. ...more

November 6, 2007

Armed with clubs and waving provincial flags, thousands of residents of Bolivia's wealthiest province seized control of the country's busiest airport Friday from troops sent in by President Evo Morales. ...more

October 20, 2007